Welcome Les! Yes, new transmission shift cables are available from Control Cables Inc. Santa Fe Springs, CA 1-526-949-0455 www.controlcables.com Not a problem removing and installing your cable; two book methods in your manual so don't be timid. Also you may try the "quick fix" for a leaking cable by replacing the o-ring on the end of the cable and using heat-shrink to repair the leaking outer rubber sheath, but with your pristine car I would remove your old cable and send it to be replicated by Control Cable and then attempt repair on your old cable to keep as a spare. Gary Pavlovich Sent from my Galaxy Tab A i-------- Original message -------- From: Les <lnwfew@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 3/6/22 3:19 PM (GMT-08:00) To: The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: New Member - Help request for our '64 Dart Convertible with leaking transmission cable Hello everyone - so glad I found you! As introduction: Our Dart GT convertible with 100k miles, has been in the family since new. Originally used daily - mostly in Connecticut and New York. A few years ago, we sent it out to the San Francisco bay area, where our daughter lives, and where it is now very rarely driven, but where the weather is much healthier for the car. In the past, as a reasonably handy dad, I maintained the car – brake and starter replacements, tuneups, etc. But there is one problem that I haven’t been able to fix. The leaking transmission cable. A few years ago, I tried spraying the cable with a rubber coating, which worked for a few days. Browsing the web to see if a replacement cable is available, I came across this wonderful group, and hope to learn and participate. Reading the posts, it seems that it may be possible to get a replacement cable, but according to several posters, installing it is not the straightforward job the shop manual describes! I’m visiting my daughter for a short time, and even if I had my tools, an available lift and a replacement cable – which I don’t, it sounds like a job I would not be able to handle. Thinking about the cable, I think there might be rubber-like self-adhesive oil-resistant tapes that can be stretched and spiral wrapped around the cable and end fitting, with perhaps sections of slit rubber hose, which could be clamped at the ferrule, and the end of the tape for an oil-tight seal without removing the cable. Is anyone aware of such a product? In any event, I would like to find someone, hopefully in the SF
Bay Area who can handle this, and other repair/restoration work on this
beautiful car. Your suggestions would be appreciated. Les -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/1962to1965mopars/581797cb-fedb-4fd9-8e2c-69c0c5369409n%40googlegroups.com. -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/1962to1965mopars/62257295.1c69fb81.84b02.e1d4SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. |
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